Ashish Tandon on his journey from being a cricketer to a 3X entrepreneur building a security SaaS platform to $8M ARR, Indusface
Description
# Can a passionate cricketer become a passionate entrepreneur?
# Can you and your spouse be Cofounders without conflict?
# How many successful & fulfilling stints can an entrepreneur have?
All the above questions get answered during the episode with our guest Ashish Tandon, Founder & CEO, Indusface.
Indusface is his 3rd venture after 2 successful exits and a short but successful early-career in Cricket.
During the episode, Ashish talks about how his wife has supported him throughout his journey, what led him to start over and over again post his multiple exits and much more.
Notes -
03:08 - Early background in Cricket
06:30 - 1st venture right out of College
08:46 - Getting acquired by SIFY within 2 years
09:49 - What led to his 2nd venture?
13:21 - Multi-million dollar Exit to TrendMicro
15:16 - Reason behind Bootstrapping his ventures
17:55 - What led him to starting Indusface?
19:42 - Problem statements solved by Indusface
24:32 - Journey from $1Mn ARR to current scale
28:10 - Key Levers to doubling their ARR within a year
31:32 - Challenges in building Indusface
36:58 - Having your spouse as your Cofounder
38:50 - Reflecting back how he feels about his journey?
44:09 - Lessons from all his ventures